Akemi is never satisfied with her abilities as a leader, and that doubt has led a certain degree of aggressiveness into her leadership style, particularly her over managing and domineering behaviors. When she started as Sailor Venus and was trying to train and lead her team, her approach was much more drill sergeant than anything else. Screaming at people to do as she said didn't prove to be an effective leadership strategy, unfortunately, so she had to learn to adapt, get over her doubts, and switch her motivations to being her optimism instead. Her doubts very clearly represent her negative motivations.

On a more general note, Akemi is influenced by her emotions and passions, although not ruled by them as she is her doubts and optimism. They do, however, color her motivations. Frustration and jealousy are her two biggest emotional motivating forces. When Akemi is frustrated, she tends to lash out, particularly if it is over a subject or incident that makes Akemi feels stupid or inferior. And when Akemi is jealous, she lets that motivate her, allowing herself to dive right into the typical green-eyed behaviors full throttle.

General behavior (how does she interact with and act around acquaintances or strangers?)

As much as it shames her to admit it, Akemi acts rather flighty around strangers. She also acts fairly immature, noisy, and more than a little vain. But most of all, she acts extremely self-centered, particularly in this universe. This is because of how much stress Akemi is under; once she solves the things causing her so much stress, her flighty reactions to strangers will drastically calm down and she'll have more time to put forth a better, nicer presentation of herself. In this Universe, though, Akemi is so consumed with being a Senshi, training, finding her girls, Moon's death, and just keeping everything to the point of making sense for herself, that she doesn't spent a lot of time making herself come across as sane to people she doesn't know.

Picture Akemi muttering about seemingly random things on her breath, scanning crowds obsessively, dolling out her cab fare, and being generally disinterested in anything you have to say. It isn't that she's aloof, per say, just too distracted to flex the social muscles she's developed on people she doesn't know very well.

It takes a lot of effort for Akemi to deal with strangers because she works very hard to maintain her mental image of what a 16 year old girl should be (immature, loud, and vain - though in Akemi's case, the self-centered behavior isn't as much of an act). When you add that act to the time it takes her to introduce herself, go through social formalities, and get what she needs out of you (all while concentrating on NOT giving away her Super Hero identity)-- well, Akemi just has too many things to do. In this way, Akemi is very much a super-energized White Rabbit.

This distracted and flighty Akemi is most apparent when she's interacting with service people. When she is among friends and comfortable in her surroundings, she's a much better client. But as stressed out as she is, and at least until she has half of her team together, she's going to be a sale's employee's nightmare. Akemi isn't setting out to be this way. In fact, she's rather embarrassed when her behavior is brought to her behavior and immediately tries to make amends with those she's tormented. But unless someone brings it up, she's going to be a lousy customer. Drama queen behaviors in the fitting room, holier-than-thou attitude with the employees, micromanaging the employees by arguing with their sushi making process... Yeah, Akemi is an employee's nightmare when she's on her own. As stressed as she is right now, she really needs her team to act as a social buffer.

Akemi acts this way because she tries very hard to be perceived as normal from her interactions with people who are unaware of her secret identity. It can be construed as a defense to keep people from getting too close to her, but this isn't really why she acts the way she does. This behavior is more like a set of innate reactions that appear when she's around strangers and acquaintances. Akemi is not subtle, so it would be difficult for her to act in a way that isn't who she really is. She's every bit as flighty around the Senshi - except when she's with them, another side of her personality takes over, and her flighty reactions are less obvious.

Basically Akemi is a bad Scorpio - she doesn't have the whole mysterious persona because she is just too focused on her leadership!

That focus influences her interactions with the non-Negaverse Senshi. Unfortunately, often the influences are usually her negative commanding qualities. She tends to be domineering, overly blunt, and generally follow Misora's lead. Furthermore, Akemi feels she doesn't have the time to sit around going over pleasantries. She's got to find her team, and now you want her to train a group of green recruits?

There is a big however here. Akemi is incredibly susceptible to flattery, and she works very well with other, high energy, enthusiastic people. You want to learn? You really really do? Well she'll take you by the hand and show you! People who are nice to Akemi automatically have to run fewer laps. It is just her way.

Those who question her methods or act indecisive, however, get the full blunt of Akemi's nastier side. She is annoyed by indecisive people, but she absolutely cannot stand indecisiveness on the Battlefield. Make your plan and get it done! There isn't enough time to sit around and debate! Picture a fuming, fully frustrated Akemi breathing down your neck, who is fully prepared to work you to death until you come to a decision already. She will do anything in her power to beat that trait out of a Senshi.

Intimate behavior (how does she act around friends/family?)

Akemi behaves in a more mature, composed attitude around her Senshi, particularly when she is in command of the team. She's not calm and zen like by any means and is still an energized fluffball, but she gains a focus that draws her attention to one item, and that creates the illusion of a more mature and composed Akemi. And while Akemi is still going a mile-a-minute, the Senshi are usually able to follow what she's muttering about, and even better, are used to her crazy trains of thoughts. She doesn't appear to be quite as distracted and flighty around the Senshi, then, as she can appear around strangers.

Her flexibility and quick thinking allows her to move with the punches, adapt to the situation at hand, and form new ideas fairly quickly and efficiently. She uses her management skills to be more aware of her girls and how to interact with them on a personal level to get what she needs out of them (although this doesn't always work, unfortunately, because Akemi is largely unable to lie effectively enough). Her high levels of energy allow her to bully her way through battles, and her passion can bleed into the team's motivations - though it's much less a force of inspiration rather than a spread of Akemi's energy through the team.

Her tough attitude is tempered with her high energy, so she doesn't appear cold and cut off from the team at all. Her bulldozing behaviors, particularly with blunt responses tot he team, over bearing attitude, and her tendency to micromanage don't always make her the nicest leader, particularly when she is stressed. However, her leadership style (outlined a few sections above) proves that she, nevertheless, is remarkably effective.

But Akemi tries so hard, and she's kept the team alive (well, until now), that she has grudgingly won some measure of respect. She might be immature in some ways, but on the field of battle she's a fierce, disciplined, little fighting machine, and that can be inspiring to her fellow warriors. She might not be a charismatic leader, but with Akemi, you know what you'll be getting: someone who will never stop fighting and would never leave a friend behind, and if she suddenly lapses into panic mode over a spider on her shoulder or has another immature reaction, so be it. She's still in command, not because she was innately the best for it, but because she's actively worked at bettering herself to be that leader. And who can resist her toothy grin?

When the need for dominance fades from Akemi and she's interacting with her best friends in their civilian roles, Akemi actually allows her playful side to come out very strong. She's not above lightly teasing those she cares most about and she does engage in quite a bit of saucy, overly vivacious behaviors. She can openly flirt with the waiter at the ice cream shop among her friends, concentrating on him versus the job he's doing for her. She really thrives in a warm, friendly, trust filled environment where she isn't consumed with doubts. Because her negative motivates aren't being fired off nearly as much around friends, even when Akemi is under stress, her old sunny disposition really comes out to shine. However, her tendency for jealousy does rear its ugly head when it comes to her friends and relationships, which, although not a fatal character flaw, can still be very annoying.

Akemi's easier side is most noticeable in her interactions with Artemis. Artemis is more a best friend or older brother for Akemi than a true guardian, and she does get along with him quite well. Though her brain is still going a mile a minute and she's still bouncing around with that incredible energy she has, Akemi is relaxed and happy around her guardian. She teases him, respects him, and feels very strongly that he is her best friend, particularly with Moon gone. As stressed as she is, Akemi is clinging to her relationship with her cat even more, reacting to his freak out modes much stronger than she would normally do, and generally letting herself be led by both the cats, because in a weird way, a weird surrogate parent bond has evolved. She knows they will take care of her, and she takes a great deal of comfort in their presence.

Akemi tends to slow down around her friends while in particularly stressful situations. This is stronger in the presence of her Senshi in civilian form, because she feels confident that she's around people who can help share her workload and she trusts them to keep watch. So do you mind if she rests on your couch for just a bit? Because around people she is truly comfortable with, no matter how stressed she may be, she can finally get some decent shut eye. Not so much with two tiny kitties in a huge unfamiliar city.

And when it comes to the Outer Senshi, Akemi firmly counts them among her team. In fact, Akemi tries very hard to squash any division between the two teams (even though the Inners are *clearly* the best in her mind). Unfortunately, Akemi does have her favorites on the Outer team, and all the favorites spots are taken by Misora. When Akemi first met her, she was terribly impressed. The woman was like an Amazon! A fierce woman fighter, ready to kick butt and take names! Sure she had pretty severe personality defects, but she could fight! Well! Finally someone Akemi didn't have to TRAIN! Well, she still had a few pointers for the other girl, but she didn't immediately launch into drill sergeant mode when confronting what Akemi believed were Misora's areas for improvement. To this day, Akemi doesn't launch into domineering mode around Misora when in civilian mode, and only flexes her command muscles around the girl when they are on the battlefield. In Akemi's eyes, Misora's as close to her equal as her girls are going to get, so she doesn't have to be harsh with Misora (and she's a little hesitant to see what would happen if she yelled at Misora to run laps). There's a respect for Misora-- not a hero worship by far, because Akemi is always aware she's in charge-- and that does color her interactions with the girl, however one-sided the feelings (purely of respect and admiration on a fighting level, mind you) may be.

Appearance:

Face: Blessed with a beautiful shade of eye-color, Akemi loves her blue-green eyes, even if they are more pale green than pale blue. Sure they are weak in color and kind of watery, but they are unique, just like she is! She has wide eyes despite their general almond shape, magnified by her flashy, bright orange-red glasses. She has terrible vision, and uses her fabulous frames as an ultimate fashion statement. When she can remember where she put them, that is. Akemi has thick lashes covered in thick, black mascara and her face is always plastered with colorful makeup (around her eyes, that is. She loves wearing unusual eyeshadow combinations, like green and yellow). As for her eyebrows, they are hardly there, so she has to pencil them in. And trying to find an eyebrow shade that matches pale blonde is a bitch, thank you very much, so Akemi is treasuring her makeup bag very much in this weird Universe! Unfortunately, she has bags under her eyes from her lack of sleep, but she tries very hard to cover them with makeup. Sharp eyes can notice her illusion, but those who don't have acute vision won't notice them.

Her facial shape is unapologetically heart shaped, with cheekbones more curvy that sharp but still prominent in her face. Her nose is a little on the long side for an Asian face but retains a pert, round shape to her nostrils. But the real, attractive feature of Akemi's face lies with her mouth. She has a fabulous smile, with full lips, sparkling and evenly spaced white teeth, and a wee little dimple on her right cheek.

Hair: Akemi's hair is fried from repeated hair dyes and bleaches. Naturally it is an orange-blonde shade, but she hates how brassy it is and prefers a more subtle, pale yellow shade. She previously has used a lot of chemical relaxers to smooth out her naturally crimpy, wavy hair, but her next appointment to re-apply these harsh chemicals was suppose to happen the day they returned from this universe. Oops. Her hair, then, is very fuzzy and all over the place and her brassy orange roots are definitely showing. Her hair falls below her shoulders just above mid back and is usually pulled into either a high pony tail or high pig tails, held in place with elastics. And they are really strong elastics, because Akemi has incredibly thick hair. She loves her elastics with plastic hearts attached and wears them often. They are a trademark of her Idol days. Despite her displeasure with her hair's appearance, Akemi refuses to go to a shop to get it fixed-- first of all, she doesn't have the money, and secondly, she doesn't trust anyone to do her hair beyond her hairdresser back home. It does distress her a lot, though, so brace yourself for a lot of complaining.

Build: Akemi is a pert 5'1”– without heels, that is, and Akemi *always* is wearing heels of some kind, particularly strappy heels! She's very proportionate, so her figure doesn't look scrunched up for her size. This is not just natural good genes, but also because Akemi has acquired, through her hard work and diligence towards exercise, a rather impressive muscular physique that adds the illusion of length to her body. She's got lean muscles in her legs and core, but her arms are obviously strong, and she's so proud of them that she showcases them with her wardrobe in spite of the anti-muscle stigma she's had to face over her teen years. Having to exercise outside has Akemi fretting for her skin color, which she has worked very hard to retain as a her ideal of pale porcelain, through avoiding the sun, wearing high SPF makeup, and using a wide variety of creams for her face. Low money doesn't stop her drive towards skin perfection-- she just has to rely on the cats to find spare money to cover her skin pampering! Her chest is barely a B cup, but she invested in some pretty spectacular bras to make her cleavage look more impressive. Unfortunately, she only brought one of these bras with her, so she's saving it for outfits she needs to wear to do some serious impressing in.

Voice: Akemi speaks (and sings) in a low, gravely Contralto. While her speaking voice can be pleasantly warm, particularly when she speaks slowly and in leadership mode, the more agitated or crazy energized she gets, the more pitchy and harsher her voice gets, literally grating on your ears. And that is exactly what her singing voice is, too. How she ever got to be an Idol lies directly with audio-distortion at the hands of producers and a LOT of lip syncing.

Clothing: If there is one thing that makes Akemi stand out beyond her pale yellow hair or unusual eye color, it is her choice in fashions. She loves color, flashy and flamboyant outfits, and isn't afraid to show some serious skin. Furthermore, no outfit is complete without a half a dozen accessories, the shinier the better. She wears everything from bright vests and patterned gaucho pants to floaty, ultra feminine skirts in outrageous colors with clashing layered tanks. Reds, bright pinks, oranges, yellows, and greens are her usual colors, although she does work in some bold purples in from time to time. Akemi tends to follow her own trends when it comes to fashion, and right now that is serving her well because she's having to scrounge up a totally new wardrobe on a very limited budget-- a totally new experience for the total spendthrift! So although she adores dramatic and elaborate styles, her budget has her going for much more practical clothing that she usually wears in the Negaverse. Except for her footwear, which remains largely high heeled shoes in bright colors largely secured to her legs with ribbons or straps. She LOVES strappy sandals and has very little trouble running in them. After all, they are every bit as fabulous as she is, plus they allow you to show off your beautiful pedicure! If anything, her overall clothing choices reflect a sensual personality, very focused on color of fabric choices, with more than a little dramatic flair. Then again, Akemi's got the kind of body to make a vest look sexy, so... there you go.

History: Akemi’s first memory was of her third birthday party and receiving the best present ever, a stuffed teddy bear named Kuma-chan. Beyond that, nothing else unusual occurred in Akemi’s life until her third day of school. And that was when Akemi entered hell.

School was very tough on Akemi. She wasn’t able to puzzle out the blurry symbols in the books, the teachers largely ignored her, and the kids were merciless with their teasing. Within the now hostile environment of school, the idea that Akemi was stupid began to fester within her. It still rests there today.

Eventually her parents noticed a problem, hired tutors, and discovered a large part of the problem rested in Akemi’s poor eyesight. Magical glasses (or what Akemi believed were magical glasses) solved that problem, and with a great deal of hard work on Akemi’s part, she was able to catch up with the rest of her class. She was very much average in her studies, still having problems with reading comprehension, but no longer the class dummy unable to read.

The whole experience of her early school career reinforced two beliefs: that she was stupid, but with hard work, she could do anything.

She tackled her popularity problem next, making lists of what the popular kids were like, what they wore, how the acted, the works. And then she proceeded to try and do all the things on the list herself. Changing schools when her father was promoted to a much higher, more lucrative position within the Bank helped (although it did give her an addiction to caffeine at the tender age of eight), but it was mostly through hard work and utilizing her budding fashion sense that propelled Akemi to being one of the popular kids.

But after enjoying her success for a few months, Akemi began to desire much more. Merely being popular with a few 30 or so kids wasn’t enough for her. She wanted to be adored by everyone. So she got out her trusty notebook and began to mind map (a very useful skill her tutors taught her). She came to the conclusion that Idols were loved by pretty much everyone, and decided she’d become an Idol herself.

Armed with her optimism and firm belief that hard work could overcome anything, Akemi begged her parents to help with her quest. Happy that the girl was no longer mopping around proclaiming she was stupid, her parents let her take all sorts of lessons. She had dancing lessons, acting lessons, singing lessons, even lessons on building a stage presence. All her teachers realized poor Akemi was quite without talent, particularly with singing, but Akemi refused to back down. She was going to be an Idol! NOTHING would stop her!

She was eleven years old when Idol Productions dropped into her life. It was a weathered flyer advertising try-outs for a reality television show that promised to follow a young girl on her road to becoming Japan’s most famous Idol ever. Akemi was hooked, and forced her parents to take her to the audition a week later. Akemi put on her dancing shoes, strutted around before the producers, blundered her way through a song, and was a complete and miserable failure.

Exactly what the producers were looking for. They were attracted to Akemi’s bright personality and energized force, mistaking it for charisma, and decided she would be perfect for their plans. Their plans for world domination, that is. Idol Productions was in fact the front of a team of villains loosely connected to a history with the Moon Kingdom, and poor Akemi stumbled onto a huge plot they had devised to leech energy from Idol fans.

So Akemi was signed on to be an Idol. The company promised they’d get back to Akemi in six months, professing they needed to ‘prepare’ for the show, and left Akemi to her own devices. Which amounted to her practicing her singing and dancing around her room where only her cat, Doraneko, and Kuma-chan, her stuffed teddy bear, could see. Poor, poor Doraneko.

Akemi was called forth to Idol Productions and recorded an album which was, unknown to her, heavily modified. The first single was leaked out and suddenly, Akemi was getting airtime. Idol Productions marketed her as Myojo!, but her song was on the airwaves, so Akemi didn’t care and her parents breathed a sigh of relief that their clever daughter had found a talent at last and would stop making demands for expensive lessons. She was very, VERY excited when Idol Productions let her know that, due to the success of her single, she would be going out on tour!

She should have been suspicious, but what almost twelve-year-old would in her shoes? And so Akemi and her mother arrived at the first stop in their tour, a busy little shopping district, with Doraneko a stowaway in Akemi’s performance bag. Akemi was told she would be lip syncing-- all the greats did it-- and was marched out to a tiny stage.

Akemi was so excited she almost embarrassed herself right there on stage. She was so excited, in fact, she didn’t notice her cat was behind her on the stage, a worried expression on his white face. She opened her mouth and gave the best lip syncing performance she was able to give, shining with the might of her full personality.

The voice pumping out of the speakers was digitally modified by Idol Productions, not just to sound decent, but also to create an attraction effect. People began to gather around the stage in numbers, and Akemi incorrectly thought it was because everyone loved her. She was the star! She danced blissfully around, totally oblivious to everything.

Everything, that is, until a youma broke onto the scene and started sucking energy out of people. Akemi noticed that right away, immediately stopping her act and backing away-- only to trip over her cat. And that’s where things got hazy, because her sweet little cat Doraneko started talking, yelling something about her being a superhero and something about Venus, but Akemi couldn’t be sure because she fainted dead away.

And when she woke up, her cat was still talking, but the weird youma creature at least was gone. Akemi learned her stray cat was in fact Artemis and learned that Idol Productions was actually the front for an evil villain team and learned all about her destiny. And then, Artemis led her to her mom and she went home to process everything.

A huge part of Akemi was unwilling to let go of her dream of becoming an Idol, and that motivated her to decide to take out her production company from the inside. Artemis was against it-- it was a team of criminals, and despite most of them not having any magical abilities, it was still incredibly dangerous-- but there was no stopping Akemi when she made her mind up.

Akemi spent all of her 12th year fighting Idol Productions and training. Using her crescent compact, her brilliant cat Artemis, and the help of a mysterious computer program called Mainframe, she was able to fight for love and justice while rising in Japan as an Idol. Her music really caught on when it was used on a series of ads for a energy drink company, and she was able to switch to a different management company and really take the fight to Idol Productions.

But Akemi never would have defeated Idol Productions alone, even with Artemis and Mainframe. She was able to take out a significant amount of minions, though, and eventually there was only three figures left. Thankfully Akemi didn’t stand alone. She had an ally named Gizoku Supeki, who prowled the streets as the Ace of Spades. Consumed with his own agenda, Supeki took out the last two, leaving only the leader of Idol Productions: Boss Man. And he, a great big coward, went into hiding. Supeki disappeared, pledging to track Boss Man down, leaving Akemi with nothing left to do but try and record more crazy crack music. And train. Because hard work had won her the rest of her goals in life, why not with her magical powers?

Unfortunately for Akemi, her second album only had one hit: Myojo!KissKiss!!. It received so much airplay that she became overexposed and her career was essentially over. But Akemi refused to believe it! She worked hard, taking vocal lessons (which did her no good, she just had a horrible voice no matter how hard she trained), moping around the house watching cheesy shows, pouring over her scrapbooks, grudgingly going to school, and training with Artemis.

Just after her 14th birthday, Boss Man resurfaced. Akemi transformed into Sailor V and prepared to do battle, but Boss Man was too powerful. Unfortunately for Akemi, he was far too powerful for her to take on alone, having spent his time in hiding gathering a great deal of energy. The Ace of Spades showed up to help, but he, too, was unable to take down the Boss Man. Things looked hopeless until Artemis threw Sailor V a new transformational object.

She henshined into Sailor Venus for the first time. While the Ace of Spades distracted Boss Man, Venus hit him with her Ravishing Crush Knockout attack, and Boss Man was pushed by the force of her attack out a glass window. From the 30th floor. Supeki disappeared, leaving Venus to return to her civilian form and figure out what to do next.

She continued training and even went on infrequent patrols as Sailor V. She was hesitant to transform into Venus again, because it didn’t feel right without the rest of the team Artemis had told her all about, a group of warriors she’d eventually join. Akemi was released from her recording contract and was forced, much to her displeasure, to join a new public school when her parents moved the family again. Akemi had good reason to be upset with the move for family reasons as well. Her father had lost his coveted position within the Bank and was forced to work his way up the Bank ladder once again. Sometimes, the stock market doesn't work in your favor-- particularly when it crashes. Oops. Being the daughter of a Executive Clerk at the Bank wasn't as important sounding as a full Executive's daughter! Silly Father for making 'bad' business decisions at the bank...

A year and a half prior to jumping to our universe, Akemi managed to stumble across the budding Senshi. She joined the team and fought in many, many battles under her rightful warrior form of Sailor Venus. It was difficult for her at first, because she was the Senshi with arguably the most experience but was pretty young compared to some of their number. Her role as a leader was definitely something Akemi had to apply a great deal of hard work to, be it listening to Artemis go on and on about the duties of a Senshi or grudgingly opening up a book to researching exactly what made a great leader.

Her hard work and hard training of her team worked well, because they were able to take on a great deal of villains and win. Akemi began to think her team, and herself, were invincible. She even began toying with the idea of restarting her career. When the mission outside the Negaverse came up, Akemi thought it would be super easy. They were super heroes, after all. What harm could a little jaunt to another universe be?

Current Situation: Akemi was not pleased when she discovered she would be stuck in this crazy, backwards universe. She wasn’t an Idol, much less a former has-been Idol, here! She was a *gulp* nobody! And to make matters worse, she arrived with barely any yen on her, confident she would be back in her rightful place in a few hours, tops. Silly silly Akemi!

So Akemi sold her prized watch, given to her by her second manager (the one who wasn’t evil!), and is using that money (as well as some Artemis smuggled with him) to live out of a cheap hotel. The cats, Artemis and Luna, have taken to pilfering items for Akemi and helping her with her task of finding her fellow Senshi.

Akemi spends most of her time fretting over her girls at night, searching for her girls during the daytime, and trying to deal with her grief over Moon in the odd moments in between.

Guardian

Name: Artemis

Appearance: Artemis appears to be a platinum Burmese cat with a big old golden crescent moon plastered on his forehead. This is in fact a bald spot, and it itches terribly in heat; Artemis is sure to tell you exactly how bad it feels. He’s from a medium breed of cat, so physically he's long but doesn't appear to be as plump as he is. Artemis weighs more than he appears, so he certainly has a great deal of oomph behind him when he launches himself into your lap. Which, to Akemi's regret, he does often. His face is unusually round and devoid of markings, save for the bald patch. His fur is an unusual shade of platinum for a Burmese, much closer to true white than silver, but is otherwise normal for the breed, short and soft. Akemi believes his fur to feel like crushed velvet, silky to the touch and very appealing, but it stinks terribly when wet and Artemis takes on the appearance of a shivering rat on those occasions. His whiskers droop, his ears are pointed in graceful arches atop his skull, and his eyes-oh, you could write volumes and volumes on his eyes alone. Artemis uses his eyes to win the world for himself; like the breed, Artemis has the feline equivalent of puppy dog eyes, all big and luminous, and when his powers of speech don’t work, he just turns up the eyes. They are an unusual color, big soulful pale blue tinged with gold, and they are Akemi’s biggest weapons in this Universe. Who can say no to a cat with eyes so expressive, so pure?! Give him some yen, a pot sticker, anything he wants! All the more for Akemi!

Personality: When dealing with people, Artemis has learned to embrace his eyes, letting them do most of the speaking for him. They are so soulful and pure that anyone with half a heart should love him for those eyes alone. He has no shame in using them to get what he wants; after all, they were Artemis' best tool when banging Sailor V training down Akemi’s head all those years ago!

When not trying to get something with his eyes, Artemis is a pretty laid back, happy go lucky cat. He lets Luna do most of the talking, butting in when he thinks she’s missed something important, but generally content to let other people do the hard work. He isn’t lazy, per say, just lively and easily distracted, and likes to let others, especially Luna, do the more focused work. He’s a good match for his human, he likes to say, even if she does drive him crazy. Especially with her messy habits. Artemis loves things to be in their place, but his charge... oh, she is just a walking trash heap. Impossible to work with! But he is easily appeased with a firm petting session, little love bug that Artemis is.

With Akemi, Artemis acts as an older brother who is frequently exasperated by how the girl just is not want he wants her to be. And yet, he wouldn’t change Akemi, because he clearly adores her despite his not so gentle retorts. He has achieved a special harmony with Akemi, so much so that he usually knows what she is thinking before she does, and he uses this to manipulate her for her own good. Even if it is something as simple as hiding her yen so she can't spend it on trivial items or worse, lose it. Someone has to watch the girl, after all!

And when it comes to matters revolving around the Senshi… well, those subjects are the only things that set him off worrying. And he worries over everything. Why is Akemi not eating enough? How can she fight on an empty stomach? And why is Uranus not sitting with Neptune? Why are the communicators not working? Clearly, doom is befalling everyone!

This aspect of his personality has developed to be even stronger than it might have been in the past, because in this Universe, Artemis is working even harder to use his tirades and worrying to get Akemi to do what he wants. He’s not really as much in a panic as he might seem, but don’t tell Akemi that.

Please. She’d kick him ;___;

And with Luna… we’ll just say he turns his luminous eyes up a notch around her. He’s been unsuccessfully wooing the poor thing for years and years and years, and he really hasn’t gotten anywhere. But he will, oh yes he will! He is determined that she will be his, and in this area he is every bit as optimistic in this case as his human can be.

And yes, Akemi would be every bit as much jealous if Luna and Artemis got together as she was when Moon and Endymion did. Yep, jealous over a cat relationship, that's our Senshi of Love and Beauty right then. The Negaverse Senshi are clearly doomed!

Warrior Information

Symbol: The symbol for the planet Venus (and a symbol for women). The planetary symbol for Venus is a perfect circle atop a short cross.
Main Color: Orange Red
Secondary Color: Cadmium yellow

Transformation

Phrase: "Venus Crystal Power, Make Up!"
Sequence: Akemi shouts the phrase with her hands crossed over her heart. At once her symbol burns in the center of her forehead and ribbons of light in orange red and cadmium yellow float around her. Akemi's arms uncross and flutter above her head, clasping her henshin stick. The lights criss cross over her body until her form is consumed within the brightness. A sound of a kiss rings out and the cocoon of light disappears, revealing Sailor Venus!
Introduction Phrase: “With the beautiful love of Venus, I will punish those who do wrong. And that means you!” Venus shouts while standing with her ankles crossed, one hand on her hip and the other making a naughty-naughty finger wave.

Fuku

Tiara: Gold with a gemstone in the orange yellow at the center.
'Mask': Unfortunately for Venus, her eyesight doesn't improve in Senshi form. However, her Sailor V 'mask' is retained, although it is now an orange red shade. Her mask is really just overly embellished glasses, the lenses set in an eternity sign loop, with two short embellishments arching out of the sides of the frames like wings. Her eyebrows are visible, but her eyes are usually hidden beneath the glass in the genre's standard gleam. When Venus is without her mask, she's able to see blurry, colorful figures without much detail, but that's about it.
Hair: Venus loves her Senshi hairstyle. Her frizzy hair is kept under control with the use of four orange red ribbons. One secures her hair just above her hairline, another gathers her hair into a ponytail at eyebrow level, another re-gathers her hair at chin level, and the final one gathers her hair at shoulder level, leaving the hair to its curly, tapered ends.
Earrings: A simple, small heart in a strange, orange red metal.
Choker: Orange red with a gold star at the center.
Sailor Collar: Orange red with a thin white stripe on the outer edge.
Front Bow: Cadmium yellow, with an orb in the senshi's orange red at the center.
Bodice: Plain white.
Gloves: Pearly white gloves with a soft, satin like texture that cling to her skin and end at her elbows with two thin orange red strips of fabric for embellishment.
Skirt: A orange red skirt that comes down to about mid-thigh.
Back Bow: Cadmium yellow.
Shoes: Orange red sandals, although they feature a closed toe reinforced with metal, and offer a minimal, inch and a half heel, and are secured with four ribbons. The smaller, thicker ribbons are the same fabric and size as her choker and secure the sandals to both her heels, while the thinner, longer ribbons circle her legs clear up to mid-calf and are in a shiny cadmium yellow.

Attacks

Name: Gilt Kiss Stunner! (Haven't edited it yet :P)
What It Does: Venus whispers her attack phrase and raises her hand to her pursed lips, palm up, with fingers pointing to the victim. The air around her begins to shimmer with heat as Venus blows a kiss at her victim. As soon as the kiss leaves her fingers it is transformed into group of between five and 30 tiny, orange red and cadmium yellow, metallic hearts. These hearts shoot out and buzz around the victim in a tiny cloud of miniature hearts. Venus winks, and the hearts dive in, striking the victim. Each heart breaks the moment it strikes skin.
Effect: As each heart breaks, it localizes the full pain of a broken heart on the patch of skin. For those who have never been in love or have experienced puppy love at best, the sensation is strong itches that thankfully fade quickly; they are annoying little love bites, but nothing to get all worked up about. For those who have been in love, or are in love currently, the sensation burns terribly, increasing in intensity with each heart striking flesh.
Restrictions: For the hearts to do their business, they have to strike skin. To avoid the hearts: cover up. Hide under a blanket or a shield or run into a building and shut the door behind you. The best way to avoid the hearts is to feel intense love (adoration, physical love, BFF love, unconditional love, etc) for Venus, because then the hearts never break and cause pain. If Venus doesn't wink, the hearts disappear after two minutes. The amount of hearts summoned depends on her power levels; she can repeat the attack three to four times with using the bare minimum of five hearts, but if she uses the full thirty hearts, she cannot repeat the attack again.

Name: Ravishing Crush Knockout!
What it does:To begin, Venus takes off her glove and raises a hand above her head. Her skin and nails brighten to an attractive and vibrant color, leeching out of her skin to form a bright orange red aura. This aura circles her body before streaking out towards the target. If you look closely enough, tiny hearts tumble within the orange red aura. The aura then strikes the target with great force.
Effect: The effect of this attack depends on how much force Venus uses. Most of the time, Venus only uses a moderate amount of force; unless you are under 50 pounds, it isn't going to knock you over. Instead, it will just feel as if a heavy object just knocked the wind out of you. When she uses the more significant, 'full' amount of force, it will knock an average sized person over.
Restrictions: Venus is able to use this attack three times per henshin with the lowest level, and once with the maximum level. The energy that Venus is using is her own beauty forces, so it is too draining to use more than three times. Furthermore, after using this attack, her skin where the beauty forces have been drawn from looks gray and unwell until she either de-henshins or uses the attack again. Standard evasive procedures apply-- either get out of the way of the aura or put something in your place! Really heavy people or objects are not as affected by this attack as most people, but for everyone else, to avoid being knocked over, you either have to plant some stabilizing device (sword, etc) or be really, really heavy (upwards of 300 pounds).

Name: Love is Blind!
What it does: This attack utilizes the Holy Moon Sword. Venus raises the sword and turns it so that the flat face of the crescent pummel is aimed her target's eyes. Venus calls out in a steady voice: “Love is...” The crescent pummel radiates an orange red aura, the power of unconditional love. “Blind!” The aura bursts out of the pummel in a streak of orange red, flying straight towards the target's eyes.
Effect: If the aura reaches the eyes of the target, they find themselves with severely limited vision. The target's field of vision is limited to orange red monochrome. The effect can be very jarring, but victims remain able to see, with one startling exception: people who practice a lot of unconditional love are hard to see. Because Venus usually continues to keep the crescent pummel radiating unconditional love, she, too, is nearly invisible (as well as anything that is standing within a six foot radius around the sword).
Notes: The unconditional love that Venus is utilizing to fuel the attack comes from two sources. 1: The forces of Love she represents (Unconditional Love is the purest kind of Love). 2: The sum of all unconditional love she feels as a person. One side effect of that unconditional love being channeled through the Holy Moon Sword is it acts as a beacon for the Negaverse Senshi. Unfortunately, it only radiates for 4, 5 blocks tops and she drains all her magical power (for that henshin/day) within 10 minutes, so unless Venus is going to risk sapping all her energy running about Tokyo waving the sword around, she's not going to randomly stumble across all her team. Venus can utilize this beacon ability without using the full brunt of the attack by leaving off "blind" and thus never finishing the attack phrase.
Restrictions: Duration. The orange red-shift effect lasts 2-3 minutes on most; 3-4 for those who don't practice much unconditional love, and 30-45 seconds on those who do practice a lot of unconditional love. Power. The power levels post attack depend on the time the sword's been radiating unconditional love. Five minutes radiating means no more attacks that henshin; two minutes, one or two attacks at their lowest levels; below that, she's got more options. The sword stops radiating until she stops it or after 8-9 minutes of use. Misc Restrictions, How to Avoid, Etc. If Venus is over six feet away from the sword she is totally visible. If anything hits the sword's pummel, it stops the attack full stop. If the aura fails to penetrate the eyes, the aura is unable to create an orange-red vision shift and fades into nothingness.

Weapon: Venus wields the Holy Moon Sword, a long and slender blade made out of a deceptive crystal material that, despite its fragile appearance, is able to chip diamonds and easily dents things. She loves it dearly, and not just as the ultimate in accessories!

The sword is, quite truthfully, gorgeous. The hilt is a series of oval elongations of a pearly metal decorated with crescents. The top of the hilt is a pearly crescent in the Moon Kingdom standard, the bottom arch of the crescent connecting to a series of folds that smooth into a long, elongated oval. This is where Venus' hands fit very comfortably. The smooth oval tappers into another series of folds that connect with the pommel, a giant crescent also in the Moon Kingdom standard. The crystal blade appears to grow over of the crescent's bottom arch, spreading down to form slender, long blade with a indentation in the middle.

And Venus loves her sword to bits, even if it is heavy and hard to use in most fighting situations!